You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. Please enable scripts and reload this page.
Skip to Main Content
Skip to Primary Navigation
Skip to Secondary Navigation
Skip to Footer
Early Childhood Education and Care
Early Childhood Education and Care
It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.
Home
About us
What we do
Early childhood sector structure
Strategies and initiatives
COVID-19
Early years
Options for care and early learning
Fees, costs and subsidies
Find an early childhood service
Transitions in the early years
Early years brain development
Queensland’s Early Childhood Development Story
Early learning at home
Culture and inclusion
Kindy
Currently selected
Age requirements and enrolment
About free kindy
Types of kindy
Choosing the right kindy service
What children learn at kindy
Let’s yarn about kindy
Grants and funding
Early years services funding
Kindergarten funding
Kindy uplift program
Disability and inclusion support programs
Rural, remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs
Grants management
Regulation
Regulating early childhood education and care
National Quality Framework and Queensland legislation
Setting up a new service
Approvals
Approved learning frameworks
Assessment and ratings
Facilities and building requirements
Staffing requirements and leadership
Health and safety
Policy and procedure guidance
Compliance and enforcement
Early childhood service closures
Templates, forms and resources
Sector news and resources
News for educators and service providers
Teaching and learning resources
Inclusion resources
Campaigns
Reports and research
Careers
Start your early childhood career
Qualities of great early childhood educators
Approved qualifications
Where I can work
Career paths
Training and capability building
Contact us
content-left-bg.png
content-right-bg.png
Early Childhood Education and Care
Kindy
About free kindy
In this section...
Kindy
Age requirements and enrolment
About free kindy
Types of kindy
eKindy
State Delivered Kindergarten
Choosing the right kindy service
Tips for finding a quality service
Kindergarten room virtual tour
What children learn at kindy
Let’s yarn about kindy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander role models
Culture in early childhood
Culture in early childhood is the foundation
Elders visit kindy in Toowoomba
Empower our children to become stronger
Grounded in community
Kindy is a good start in life
Kindy is like home
Kindy is the grounding they need
Learning starts in the early years
Ngana Waguna Woori Mumba
Parents and families can get involved at kindy too
Reviving first languages in the early years
Set up for a lifetime of learning
LeftAsideZone0_1
LeftAsideZone0_2
About free kindy
WebPartZone0_1
Information about free kindy from January 2024.
WebPartZone1_1
PublishingPageContent
Page Content
From 1 January 2024, kindy (the year before Prep) is free for eligible-aged children who attend a government-approved program. Kindy is 15 hours per week, 40 weeks per year.
WebPartZone1_2
Find out more
Related links
Kindergarten funding
WebPartZone2_1
WebPartZone2_2
WebPartZone2_3
WebPartZone3_1
WebPartZone3_2
WebPartZone3_3
WebPartZone3_4
WebPartZone4_1
WebPartZone5_1
WebPartZone5_2
WebPartZone6_1
WebPartZone6_2
WebPartZone7_1
WebPartZone7_2
WebPartZone8_1
WebPartZone8_2
RightAsideZone0_1
RightAsideZone0_2
RightAsideZone0_3
WebPartZone9_1
Last updated 05 January 2024